Blue’Pur Arcachon (33)

Eco-Design of a Cleaning Sea Water Pollution Building - TADI Industrial Design Competition in Bassin d’Arcachon – France

Client : State of Aquitaine

Location : Bassin d’Arcachon, France

Project : Sea water pollutions treatment

Mission : Architecture HQE® competition

Consultant : AR ARCHITECTES, EPURETEC

Area : 700 m²

Cost : 2 000 000 €

Date : 2009

Principals of energy and water treatment:

How to design an intelligent and ecological building that treats grey water hydrocarbures coming from marinas using plants? The Blue’pur center is a sustainable industrial construction, a center that treats polluted liquid effluents and sediments using biodegradation, microbial et de phyto-restoration technologies thus ensuring zero CO2 pollution into the atmosphere.

Due to its architectural approach and its purifying process, this project is part of the sustainable development objec­tive.